Honey extractor



G. L. MORRIS HONEY EXTRACTOR Sept. 8, l 925.

Filed Feb. '7, 1921 ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

UNITED 'STATES GEORGE L. MORRIS, or BoNsAL, CALIFORNIA.

HONEY EXTRACTOR.

Application led February 7, 1921.

To aZZ whom it may couoem:

Be it known that l, GEORGE L. Mouais, a citizen of the United States,residing' at Bonsal, in the count-y of San Diego and State ofCalifornia, have invented a certain new and useful Honey Extractor, ofwhich the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to honey eXti-actois for extracting honey from thehoney combs, more particularly of the centrifugal type with reversiblehoney comb receptacles and the objects of my invention are: First andprimarily, improvements over my application for Letters Patent for honeyextractors, led in the United States Patent Office October 4, 1920,Serial No. 414,613 andthe objects of said improvements are: First, toprovide a means for reversing the honey comb receptacles several timesif desired without stoppingthe revolution of the .eX- tractor; second,to provide means for reversing the honey combvreceptacles, operativeindependent of the revolving means; third, to provide a novel means ofsupporting the honey comb receptacle on their revolving base wherebythey may be readily removed from the base, and fourth to provide a meansfor reversing the honey comb receptacles which is very simple andeconomical ofconstruction, durable, easy to Operate, easy to install,eliicient in its action and which will not readily deteriorate or getout of order.

VVith these and other objects in view as will appear hereinafter, myinvention consists of certain novel features of construction,combination and arrangement ofparts and portions as will be hereinafterdescribed, in detail, and particularly set forth in the appended claims,reference being had to thel accompanying drawings and to the charactersof reference thereon which form a part of this application in which:

Figure 1 is a top or plan view of my honey extractor; Fig. 2 is asectional view through 2-2 of Fig'. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional viewthrough 3-3 of Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the honeycomb reversing mechanism.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts and portionsthroughout the several views of the drawings.

The main receptacle 1, main shaft 2, sheave members 3, disc member 4,honey comb receptacles 5, guide members 6, rollers 7, cable 8, rod 9,lever 10,`bell crank 11, sup` Serial No. 442,972.

port 12, cable support 13, and cables 14 and 15 constitute the principalparts and portions of my honey extractor.

The casing 1 is preferably a metallic receptacle with the bottom raisedat 1EL and provided with a journal member 1b, positioned thereon whichserves as a bearing for the lower end of the shaft 2, which is revolublymounted therein, and its other end extends upwardly and is journaled ina cross bar 1c near its upper end. upper end of this main shaft 2 whichis a hollow .shaft is a sheave 2a upon whichis mounted a belt 2b whichis adapted to connect with any driving mechanism.

It will here be noted, however, that this shaft 2 may be turned by acrank thus providing for the manual operation tractor if desired.

Secured to the shaft 2 is the disc member 4 which` is provided with anupwardly eX- tending hub portion 4a, which hub portion is provided withfour outwardly extending'- webskr') which are provided with outwardlyextending arms 4c at their upper ends. Revolubly mounted'near the outeredge of the disc member 4 are the sheave members 3.

The upper ends of these sheave members 3.

are provided with tapered square ends 3a, and'the honey comb receptacles5 are provided centrally in their lower sides with tapered, squareshaped sockets 5a conformingl to the portion 3a, thus providing meansfor supporting the member 5. Each of these receptacles 5 isv providedwith perforate sides and is provided with a semi-circular guide member 6secured to its upper end on the opposite sides, and these guide members6 are engaged by vrollers 7 which are revolubly mounted upon the members4C in alignment with 4the upper side of the receptacle 5. rl`he sheavemembers 3 are connected together' by means of an endless cable 8 whichis' wound around each of the sheaves 3 so that each of the sheaves 3 maybe revolved simultane` ously in either direction so that the sheavestogether with the honey comb receptacles 5 are revolved simultaneouslywith the movement of the cable 8 in either direction. rlfhis cable S isshifted by means of the cables 14 and 15, one of which. is secured tothe cable 8 and extends around one. of the sheaves 3 and the other issecured to the cable8 and extends' around the opposite sheave in theopposite direction thus provid ng' foi' shifting the cable S in eitherdirection and the cables 14 and Secured On the Y of the eX-f '15 arepivotally connected to theone end of the bell crank 11 by means of thecable support 13 which is pivoted on the one arm of the bell crank 11and .said bell crankV is pivoted above the disc and the downwardlyextending arm of the bell crank is mounted ink,

a slot in said disc to permitA the movement of the arm. The bellcranlnis mounted upon a support 12 secured on the upper surface of thedisc 4, and its other end :extends `inwardly and connects with theextended end of the rod 9 Whichis reciprocally mounted in the shaft 2and its lowcrend provided with a right angle turn Which extends outthrough Aa `longitudinal `slot in the shaft 2 and hub 4a of the disc 4,the upper end of this rod 9 is provided with a ball joint adapted vfor asocket 10a of the lever'lO,

which lever l() is pivotally and Ashiftably` mounted on an armlOb,secured` on the meinber 1c, thus providing meanswfor reciprocatingtherod 9. It Will be noted'that .the armv VItis-,obviousl that WithVthis construction there is `provided a honey extractor in which aplurality ofhoneycomb receptacles are revolvedl for centrifugalseparation, of the honey from thecomb, that there is provided a V,meansfor revolvingthe receptacles and for reversing them, which is operativeWith,- outstopping the revolutionof their supports and independent ofsuch revolution,

thatavith the movement of the over-hang ing endof the lever 10, the rod9 Will be.re-A

ciprocated, operating the bellgcranl 11, which will shift the cables-14and 15 ,end-

Wise, Which in turnWill :shift the 'cable 8,v

revolvingl the members 3 and thereby the 'honey comb receptacles.. Thatthe Whole shifting mechanismrevolves .with the disc.

excepting` the lever 10, in Which the upper end of the rod- 9` revolvesbymeans of the.

ball and ,socketjoint Having thus Adescribed my invention, what I claim,as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A honey extractor, including a main receptacle, a hollow shaftrrevolubly, mounted A insaid receptacle, a support secured on said,

shaft in said receptacle, a plurality of honeycomb receptacles revolublymountedon said support, meanslforguiding the upper ends of saidhoneycomb receptacles, means for re- Y volvingk-said yhoneycombreceptacles aonehalf revolution including a sheave secured to each ofsaid receptacles, a cableconnectlng saidV sheaves, a bell vcrank mountedon said support with one arm connected to said cable, and meansconnected to the other arm of ing said sheaves, a bell crank pivotally.mounted onv and above said` support With itsV one arm extendingdownwardlyy and connected With said cable, said holloWvshaft beingprovided intermediate its endsabovev said support with .a longitudinalslot, and

a'rod reciprocally mounted in said'hollow, shaft pivotally connectedatits lowerend` `With the other `armof said bellI crank at ,the

slotted portion of said shaft.

3. A honey extractor including a main re-` ceptacle, a hollow shaftrevolublymofunted insaidreceptacle., a discmeniber secured on saidAshaft in .said receptacle, a plurality of perforate honey combreceptacles, revolubly mountedI onsaid disc, means for guiding the`upper ends of said honey combreceptacles,

means for revolving'said honey comb recep taclesa one-half revolutioncomprising,r a

sheave secured tov each of Lsaid receptacles, aY

cable connecting l said sheaves, -means revoluble with said ,disc`forshiftingsaid Vcable a certain pre-determined; distance.;` compri singcables with their lendsfsecured to said cable and extending around tvvoof vsaid sheaves in `opposite directions, la bell; crank positioned onthe upper sidefof saiddisc,

with onev end pivotallyv connected to` 'sa-idk cables and `meanslcfprocally` mounted ,in said shaft,f,pivotally connectedfto the otherarm of ysa-id bell crank.. n Y A 4. A honeyextractor, includingy acmain'. receptacle, al hollow shaft revolubly:mount-j edi in .saidreceptacle, asupporting member secured onsaid shaft insaid receptacleprovided at its lower side- With an extendcd portion and at its upperend 'Withv ,extended arms, va plurality ofv` perforate honeycombreceptacles revolubly mounted ,fo-n the lower. extended portion,semicircular guide means secured, to the upper ends of each of Vsaidhoneycomb receptacles, ,and IneaDS YSecuredlto the arms on the upper end-offsaid suipolt extending,V downwardly adapted toengage a the inner`sides of said jsemifc'ircular,l guide means for supportingsaidrreceptacles. l

n. testimony Whereoltylhave hereunte Set my hand at SancDiego,California, Vthis 26th c day of January, 1921.` Y

GEORGE "LL i

